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              Temperance
            
            
              Direct, but Do Not Repress
            
            
              —The word of God does not con-
            
            
              demn or repress man’s activity, but tries to give it a right direction.
            
            
              While the world is filling mind and soul with excitement, the Lord
            
            
              puts the Bible into your hands, for you to study, to appreciate, and
            
            
              to heed as a guide to your steps. The word is your light.—
            
            
              Letter 8,
            
            
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